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Method and device for monitoring a functional capacity of an engine controller of an internal combustion engine

US8296043B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

Bernd Mueller · Leonberg, DE
Volker Pitzal · Schwäbisch Gmünd, DE
Rainer Gmehlich · Ditzingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 19, 2007
Grant date	Oct 23, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 6, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02T10/40
WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In a method for monitoring the functional capacity of an engine controller having a plurality of execution units, a comparison operating mode is provided, in which a torque monitoring program is executed on a plurality of execution units of the system, and signals outputted during the execution of the monitoring program by the execution units are compared with one another in order to recognize an error.

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